#!perl open (FILE1, $ARGV[0]); open (FILE2, $ARGV[1]); while ($_ = ) { chomp; @FILE1 = split; ($FILE1letter, $FILE1number) = @FILE1; @FILE2 = split(' ',); ($FILE2letter, $FILE2number) = @FILE2; # print "$FILE1letter from FILE1 with number $FILE1number and $FILE2letter from FILE2 with $FILE2number match\n"; #prints the same as below if ($FILE1letter == $FILE2letter) { print "$FILE1letter from FILE1 with number $FILE1number and $FILE2letter from FILE2 with number $FILE2number match\n"; } else { print "$FILE1letter from FILE1 with number $FILE1number and $FILE2letter from FILE2 with number $FILE2number DO NOT match\n"; }